Like fine wine, bitches and friendships improve with time.
Please join me in celebrating Phoenix’s birthday on Friday, March 20. We’re doing this while keeping our social distance from real people.
For entertainment, I’m requesting that you bring your favorite drama boyfriend and entertain us with a creative story of how you two met in your fantasy. Kindly include at least two tropes in your story.
I’m still undecided whether or not to bring North Korean defector General Pyo Chi Soo who was last seen as a sergeant in that kdrama hit “Crash Landing on You.” I still have to get him tested for coronavirus. lol.
You wouldn’t believe how I met him.
I was about to cross a busy street in Seoul when this white truck of doom came barreling towards me. I heard this loud, “Yah! Do you want to die, woman?” and then this crazy man tackled me to the ground. When I came to in the hospital, I had amnesia. Out of the kindness of his heart, he brought me to his apartment and took care of me while I recuperated. He grumbled all the time that I was such a pain in the neck and that he’d bury me in some mountain or river as soon as he’d get his hand on a shovel. But I liked him because he cooked me beef all the time.
And he said the darnest things ever that would have me crying in laughter.
Like, “More than 90 percent of my body weight is the weight of my mouth. I’m saying that my heavy mouth never opens to tell secrets.” I guess that’s the reason it’s hard to get him to admit his feelings… unless he’s drunk like a skunk.
See you at Phoenix’s birthday party!
Oooo I’m coming. I don’t have anyone to bring yet (I’m obsessed with HB but he’s wayyyyy out of my league even in fantasy.) I can’t think of any troups either. But I’d bring wine. Lots of it. And the hilarity of living with a haphazard brain. Also, I make good hummus. Hope that’ll do.
I’m excited for your party @Phoenix !love love 🥰
RSVP-ing for @Phoenix’s party!!! Exciting! 🎉 🎉 🎉
I’ll bring cake and my drama boyfriend.
Does he have to be Korean? And can we have harems?
Bringing curried mango qinoa, my potluck staple.
I’m in!
About your potential partner for the birthday :)) “I still have to get him tested for coronavirus. lol.”, he should be safe. South Korea tested extensively for the virus and a good thing they did, they found clusters before they could get too much out of control.
As for me, I’m thinking of bringing (and here the paragraph that follows is actually true, the next one after that, well, not, or better said is only true for the birthday party that is to come)
There’s this dude. Or no, lets start with the game. I’ve been playing Pokemon Go and I’ve added over time some hundred ids of people all over the world. There’s a thread on Reddit where players who want in game friends for gifts post their ids. I’ve got them all from there. You can send to each of these friends 1 gift per day which contains randomly in game stuff and tells the receiver from where it was collected. There’s no way in game to talk to your friends though, you only have their game nickname. And you know where they live or are travelling to based on the location of the gifts received. Aanyway, I’ve been exchanging on and off gifts with this person from Daegu and freaked out a couple of weeks ago after covid19 cases started to get out of control in that place. Anyway, I’ve been obsessively checking the game ever since to see if my friend which I couldn’t contact in any other way was still sending me gifts and relaxed every time I saw he was. And thankfully he was diligently sending those gifts every day.
At one point I deceided to try to find him through Reddit. And guess what? Of course. He’s Choi Yang-joo, the geek from Memories of the Alhambra, the one from Jin Woo’s headquarters who was obsessed with Emma, making her different outfits. He moved to Daegu after JinWoo got back safely from his dungeon. He wanted to start his own company there. Aaand.. he’s adorable in his geekiness. First thing he told me is that I’m ridiculous to worry about some stranger but he sounded like he was enjoying that I did. And I loved the teasing. Anyway he was never in any danger anyway of any virus. He’s living most of his life indoors anyway, programming, developing or playing games, ordering most of what he needs online. He has a PokeStop near his house that he spins often to get gifts and send to others but it needs no social interaction.
But more about him at the party :)))
@Barbrey curried mango quinoa sounds yummy! Please share the recipe if you and @pm3 don’t mind.
“Like fine wine, bitches and friendships improve with time.”
Hear! Hear! Thanks for this @packmule3 and the gang!!! I’m looking forward to this already 🙂 The week is suddenly looking much brighter!!!
“For entertainment, I’m requesting that you bring your favorite drama boyfriend and entertain us with a creative story of how you two met in your fantasy. Kindly include at least two tropes in your story.”
Tough choice…decisions, decisions….let me think!
“He grumbled all the time that I was such a pain in the neck and that he’d bury me in some mountain or river as soon as he’d get his hand on a shovel. But I liked him because he cooked me beef all the time.”
Omo, so romantic!! You are killing me here, @packmule3 😛
@Arihsi: I’m obsessed with HB too sometimes **high five**, rest of the time I fantasize about Xiao Nai 😛
@aagdr03: Yaay! Bring the cake to the party! **happy dance**I’ve even got my hair color highlights touched up two weeks’ back (in the nick of time before social distancing started) 😛
@Barbrey: Harems are most welcome 🙂 I don’t think @packmule3 would object! And my Xiao Nai is Chinese, hence no restrictions on your virtual boyfriend being Korean. We are inclusive that way, to quote @packmule3 🙂 Curried mango quinoa sounds exotic!
@oli: That geek obsessed with Emma was goofy in his own way! Haha…did he open his own Pokemon Shop in Daegu after Jin Woo got safely back from the dungeon? Wow! I love this ending of MOA 🙂 Can’t wait to hear all about it! Your story sounds like Love O2O, Season 2 😛
‘I’ve even got my hair color highlights touched up two weeks’ back (in the nick of time before social distancing started) 😛’
Oh you’re good! Meanwhile, I just bought those retouching spray to hide the grey hair. 😂
I won’t forget your birthday cake! ☺️
I like kdrama. I’m someone’s boyfriend. Does that make me a kdrama boyfriend? lol I think Phoenix will gets a lot of face masks, toilet paper, and spam for birthday gifts. Be safe everyone.
You’re welcome to join us, John. Go ahead and bring a kdrama girlfriend (if your real life girlfriend doesn’t mind) to the party if you want. We’ll make her feel welcome. 😜
Spam? Why spam? Why am I giving her spam?
Nooooo.
I’ll amend the invite
Happy birthday, Phoenix! I am bringing seaweed soup and soju to the party. And this story:
Snow Flower and Crazy Horse or Second Leads and Second Chances
Seol Hwa woke up being carried on someone’s back. Her body felt stiff and she could still feel the frozen tears on her cheeks. She also felt hungry. Daegil’s last words still echoed in her mind: “…I am sorry, Seol Hwa…I was surrounded by darkness and did not notice that your heart was beating for me…On this fine day, will you sing a song for me?” She remembered that she sang while she buried his body, and continued to sing for hours afterwards, until she no longer had a voice or tears left in her. But now something felt different. Maybe everything that had happened yesterday was a nightmare, her orabeoni was not dead, and he was carrying her on his back to a place that was safe and warm, and with plenty of food. The warmth of his back was not imaginary and it gave her comfort.
“Orabeoni…” she whispered.
“Miss, you are awake! How are you feeling?” His voice sounded pleasant, but it was not familiar to her. She opened her eyes and the first thing she saw was his hair, long and unruly. She tilted her head to look at his face. His eyes were kind, but she could tell that he was not easily fooled.
“You are not my orabeoni. Who are you?”
“I am Officer Moon Jae Shin from the Left Police Bureau in Hanseong. And you are under arrest.”
to be continued
@Snow Flower: As all self-respecting kdrama fans know, seaweed soup is a must for kdrama birthdays! Bring it on 🙂
I love that story..waiting eagerly for the rest. I recognize characters from Slave Hunter, but want to know was it a dream sequence or amnesia? Very intrigued!🤔🤔
And tha k you fir the advance wishes, @Snow Flower 😊😊
@John No toilet paper or masks please…and I doubt anybody will be able to locate them too as they seem to be out of stock in stores around the world (some mask manufacturer somewhere is cackling with glee and laughing all the way to the bank at this unexpected windfall gain😛😛😛) I’m happy with a glass of @packmuke3″s special dreamy mocktails (you need to check one of her earlier posts on The King-The Eternal Monarch for their names😛)
Snow Flower and Crazy Horse Part 2
“You must be out of your mind, Officer Moon Orabeoni! Why am I under arrest? Do you really think that I killed all these soldiers by the river? And what is Hanseong?”
“Miss, stop calling me Orabeoni. You should use formal language with me. I did not see any soldiers by the river, only you. You are under arrest for spreading vile rumors about our Police Bureau. I have been trying to catch The Blue Messenger for weeks, and now that I finally caught you, I may get a promotion. And Hanseong is the great capital of our country, Joseon.”
“Orabeoni Sir, I don’t know what you are talking about. There was a real bloodbath last night by the river. My orabeoni Daegil, he is the one who killed all the soldiers, but then he died too…” She felt a sudden chill when she mentioned Daegil’s name. “But I don’t know anything about a Blue Messenger or vile rumors. And our capital’s name is Hanyang, not Hanseong.”
“Miss, the Blue Messenger has been a real nuisance for the public order in our capital. His style and handwriting were far from excellent, not to speak of his archery skills. I was chasing him last night and finally caught him on the roof, only to find out that it was a woman. I was so startled that I let her escape. I continued chasing her down the hill, but then I tripped and rolled all the way down to the river, and there you were! Had I not found you, you would have died of exposure.”
“Orabeoni Sir, thank you for saving me, but everything else you say sounds even crazier than the tales of the Fortune-teller of Dongdaemun.”
Moon Jae Shin tried to suppress a hiccup. “You have met the Fortune-teller of Dongdaemun? What did she tell you?”
Seol Hwa smiled: “Ah, so you know what I am talking about. I met this crazy old lady last spring, when our dancing troupe was at the Dano festival at Dongdaemun. She read my fortune and told me that I will find love, but it will bring me heartbreak. Now that I think about it, maybe she was not crazy after all. I did fall in love with my orabeoni, but his heart belonged to another woman. But then the fortune-teller said that love will find me on the day after the first snow. Sounds crazy, right?”
Moon Jae Shin tried to suppress another hiccup and failed. “I met the old lady just yesterday. She told me that love had already found me unexpectedly, but it was not meant to be…” He hiccuped again and blushed. “But she also said that I will find love of my own. And she said to pack rice cakes enough for two before I went to my undercover mission last night…I thought it was ridiculous at first, but I saw a rice cake seller on the street and bought some just in case.”
“Orabeoni Sir, I am very hungry. Let’s eat the rice cakes and then we can go to Dongdaemun and talk to the crazy lady in person!”
“Sounds like a good plan. Are you well enough to walk on your own? We are approaching the main road which leads to Hanseong.”
The main road to Hanseong was stretching in front of them, but it looked different than what either of them remembered. The road was much wider, and had white lines on it. Its surface was black and smooth. Seol Hwa and Jae Shin looked puzzled.
“The road did not look like that yesterday,” Jae Shin said. He stepped on the smooth surface when he heard a strange notise. An unknown shiny object was approaching with great speed. The object stopped and a strangely dressed man peered from the window.
“Too much soju after the costume party last night, eh? Where are you headed?”
“Hanyang,” said Seol Hwa.
“Hanseong,” Jae Shin corrected her.
“Dongdaemun,” both of them said at the same time.
“Hop in, I will give you a ride.” The driver said. “Dongdaemun it is!”
to be continued
My Love Story, also known as ‘Fate of the Phoenix’
Do you know why I’m called Phoenix? Because the phoenix represents transformation and renewal, like the mythological bird that rises from its ashes with renewed youth. Today on the eve of my birthday, I want to confess that I have an ailment. For one week of the month, I transform from my normal age and take on the appearance of an old woman (no, this doesn’t mean I forgot to color my hair again :P). On the eighth day, I wake up in the morning and find I’m back to my original age and my skin is without wrinkles again (even without using those revolutionary K-beauty creams!).
I’m not sure what caused this condition, but the first time this happened was in my early twenties, just after I nearly drowned. I was trying to save a boy who had fallen into a river and went under water myself somehow. Coincidentally, there was an eclipse that day. I lost consciousness and remember waking up on a hospital bed, wondering how I got there. I learned later that I was saved by some passing fisherman, but I was never the same afterwards.
Soon I realized that my body became old overnight for the last week of every month, and somehow renewed itself the next week. I knew there was no cure for my condition and neither could it be disclosed to my boyfriends (my immediate family of course knew and were forced to adjust). For the last week of the month, I started staying strictly at home, and always wondered if my truluv (**heart eyes**) would accept me with this glaring malaise. I fantasized about my favorite anime hero, the dashing Howl from Howl’s Moving Castle, who falls in love with the heroine despite her old appearance. I had almost given up all hope of finding my perfect boyfriend when lo and behold, a miracle happened!
To be continued….
Happy Birthday, Phoenix! I tried not to bring my date, but he found out and blackmailed me by threatening to read my search history to our co-workers the next time we go out for karaoke.
I was transferred to another department after my boss found me reading Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy under the conference table. I wanted to say it was his fault for being such a boring, unproductive and illogical product of nepotism, but I needed to stay employed. “I’m comparing a Mandarin translation of English science fiction,” I lied.
Lunchtime. The new department was empty. I walked in carrying a large box of personal items and promptly tripped over someone’s extension cord. Novel, spare tights, run-for-the-bus trainers, coffee mug, makeup, personal hygiene products, you name it: all over the floor and under various chairs and desks. I sat down on the nearest chair and banged my head once on some stranger’s desk.
“You owe me $10 rent and lunch,” said a voice. I looked up. A man was staring at me. He waggled his eyebrows. I could feel the embarrassment burning from my neck upwards to my hairline.
“Quick, before the others come back!” he whispered, picking up the largest objects and snickering as he watched me crawling around under desks getting the rest. “Job done,” he said. “My name is Lin Yi Mu.”
Pwahahahaha.
Your story is 100% believable.
Oh so Lin Yi Mu is the Chinese version of Park Seo Joon in Shanghai Was Pretty?. ☺️ I had to look it up as it made me curious. 😉
Do you like Dilraba Dilmurat? I actually like her. ☺️
I loved both the Chinese and the Korean versions. It’s hard to pass up Choi Siwon in the role. Lin Yi Mu won because I found him much more believable than the lead. I laughed so hard.
@agdr03, I really liked Dilraba Dilmurat better. Lin Yi Mu was the 2nd lead.
‘Shanghai Was Pretty?‘
I don’t know what went wrong above. 👆🏼😂 my autocorrect is starting to annoy me. 😒
Let me drive home first. I’m very conscious of this social distancing.
I haven’t seen the Chinese version but sounds like Lin Yi Mu is a funny guy. 😄 I liked Dilraba from her series with Deng Lun, forgot the title of it.
@Fern, really liked your story – office romances are the best💕 Is there more? Please say there is🤩🤩
I’ve not watched the Chinese version of ‘When She Was Pretty’ because the Korean version ticked me off with the male lead being a jerk (which has forever put me off Park Seo Joon). I’m not very sure that I like Dilraba Dilmurat somehow, but maybe I haven’t seen enough of her acting to decide (only watched a few episides of ‘The King’s Woman’.
Snow Flower and Crazy Horse Pt. 3
They had settled comfortably on the back seat of the car, eating rice cakes, when Seol Hwa spoke:
“Orabeoni Sir, who is this Nauri? His hair is short, but he is clearly not a monk. And what is this cart we are riding? Thank you for the rice cakes, by the way. Oh, and I never told you my name. I am Seol Hwa, age 17. I sing, dance, and play the haegeum. What do you do for fun?”
“I already told you my name. My friends call me Crazy Horse. Back in the day, I was The Red Messenger and had a couple of run-ins with the law. I am also curious why this gentleman has short hair and wears such strange clothes. But I like riding in this thing,” Jae Shin said.
“Oh, sorry for being so rude and not introducing myself first,” the driver chimed in. “My name is Gu Dong Mae and I run a wine bar in Seoul with my wife Hina and my business partner Kim Hee Seong. Occasionally I run errands for the Fortune-teller. She called early this morning and told me to pick you two up. I am not a morning person, but I could not refuse her.”
“So you too know the Fortune-teller of Dongdaemun, Nauri?” Jae Shin asked. “What did she tell you?” Seol Hwa added.
“Oh, she told me that I had to die three times before I found happiness with my true love.” Dong Mae smiled. “I have to say, it was a little difficult getting used to these clothes at first. I wore samurai attire for most of my life, but now I love my blue jeans. And the flip flop sandals remind me of the Japanese sandals I wore back in the day. We are here. Enjoyed meeting you two. Come and see me at the wine bar anytime!”
“Thank you, Nauri.” Seol Hwa and Jae Shin said politely. Gu Dong Mae had dropped them in front of a small store near the crowded market. The sign above the door read “Second Chances for Second Leads.”
They stepped in through the door and found themselves in a small but comfortable room. An old lady dressed in a silk hanbok smiled at them.
“Welcome, my dears. I am so happy that you made it here. The drama fans were anxious about your fate, so I had to do something to ensure a happy ending for you two. Time travel is not easy, but you will get the hang of it.”
“Where are we? And who are you?” Jae Shin asked.
“You are in the happy place where all second leads get their second chances. I am the drama goddess in charge of mending the drama fans’ broken hearts. My job is to listen to the fans’ complaints and make things right. I get a lot of ideas from reading fan fiction. It makes my job so much easier!” She continued: “Now it is your turn to have your second chance. Here is a key to an upscale apartment in Gangnam. You are going to live together in the same apartment and you will fall in love.”
“Fall in love!” Seol Hwa exclaimed. “I only met this orabeoni two hours ago!”
“And yet you are already calling him orabeoni and eating the rice cakes he gave you,” the old lady said with a smile.
“Look, halmoni, I am really thankful for all you have done for us, but how do you expect me to live with this woman? She does not use formal speech and I have the feeling that she is not a good cook.”
“Then you can teach her good manners and the art of cooking. Is there a better way for two people to fall in love? Plus, you can always get tips from Gu Dong Mae and Hina. Also, there is Jung Hwan’s business card. He runs a coffee shop with his true love and he has a soft spot for unfortunate second leads.”
Jae Shin said: “This sounds really good, but how can we afford to live in an upscale apartment? How are we going to make a living in this world?”
“Don’t worry, my dears. Moon Jae Shin, the laws of this world are the same for all people, regardless of social status. But sometimes people forget that. They need someone just and upright like you to uphold the law and set a good example. There is an opening at the prosecutor’s office and I know that you will fit right in.”
“But what about me?” Seol Hwa said. “I don’t even know how to read and write.”
“You know how to sing and dance, my dear, and how to tell stories. People are so busy these days, they have forgotten how to enjoy themselves. You will make a great tour guide at the Historical Village museum. You won’t even have to wear modern clothes!”
“Now go, my dears. Be happy and make the drama fans happy!” The old lady smiled.
Seol Hwa and Moon Jae Shin stepped outside in the sunlight.
The old lady sat down on the comfy couch. “That went well. Drama fans should be happy. Now back to work. Who is the next Second Lead in need of a happy ending? Well hello, Chilbongie!”
Hi !
I tried to post a story, but look like it don’t work.
It make 17300 car.
Is-it too long ?
@Snow Flower Your story is just awesome🤩🤩 What a brilliant idea togive second leads second chances! I can already think of so many second leads I found far better than the main lead and in serious need of their own love story. This stoey satisfies my closure loving heart💕 Tjat drama goddess halmoni is the dream come true for every drama fan smitten with the second lead syndrome 😛
Off to google the other character names you dropped so casually. I think I recognize some of them but need to be sure!
Dramas referenced: Chuno (The Slave Hunters), Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Mr. Sunshine, Reply 1988, and Reply 1994.
Tropes used: Piggyback ride, time travel, cohabitation
Wowww! So many dramas referenced! That was a masterpiece 🤩
☠️ no, it was the pictures. They triggered my spam block. But no worries. I’ve “released” your script from quarantine. 😂
@packmule3 : great!
I’m sorry, i re-posted a useless part (chapter 1-3), for testing.
But now this post is useless.
🤣 No problem. I deleted the first post since it was duplicate. I’ll let this stand. You need to finish it though.
Wasn’t that a picture of Lee Joonki?
Baaah, there is only 3 characters at this point :
Lee MinHo (me !)
Park Ha Na (my girlfriend !)
Lee Joon Ki as Lee Wan (the guy who will try to steal my girlfriend)
I writed only scene #1 -> #7
It take a loooonnng time to write already.
I have background ideas, and map of the plot, but it would take too long too write all. You don’t see the character, but there is a mother in law trope 😀
My entry to @Phoenix birthday party. 🙂
My Taek and I grew up together because we live in the same neighbourhood. We have our group of friends who always meets up and have game nights every week. I can’t remember when I started liking him but I just started seeing him differently and so one day I just asked him out.
“Hurry up guys! We need to play now because Taek is leaving again for Japan for his competition” said Phoenix. “Coming!”, said all at once by Packmule3, Fern and John L. Taek and I were busy preparing food when they all came. “Geez, you two are together again?” said Packmule3. I said “what do you mean? Aren’t we all always together? Stop chatting and eat please, thank you.”
By the time we finished dinner and the game it was after 1 am. Everyone quickly went home but I stayed and Taek said to me then “don’t worry about cleaning up, I’ll do it.” “I said no, it’s ok. I’ll help you since you hosted game night.” As I was reaching out to one of the plates, I suddenly slipped but Taek grabbed me and suddenly I was facing him really close and time just stood still. After a long pause I straightened up and actually face him properly, looked him in the eye and said “Taek, would you like to go on a date with me?”. “YES! I would like that very much”. I was speechless for awhile and then he suddenly kissed me. When I went to bed that night I had a big humongous smile on my face. I didn’t think he’d say yes because I know how busy he is with his game. Suddenly my thoughts were interrupted by the phone ringing. “Hello”. ” It’s me, are you sleeping?, I can’t sleep”………
Woww, @agdr03, I’m a character in your story!!! You made me day😍😍😍 Even @packmule3 is there!
Loved your story..gave me such warm vibes. Childhood friends discovering they love each other are one of the best kind of love stories😊
I’m curious..which drama is Taek from?🤔
Aww glad you liked it @Phoenix , my Taek (😂) is from Reply 1988 played by Park Bo Gum. I’ve only discovered him a few months back and lucky for me @Packmule3 gave me a heads up on the story. 😊
Oh I haven’t watched Reply 1998. Need to watch it ☺️ Park Bo Gum is adorable though. Have seen him in Moonlight Drawn by Clouds.
I liked him in MDBTC. 😍
I was actually considering now whether to watch Encounter because I miss him.
No. He doesn’t have to be Korean. I was thinking of bring Worf the Klingon but I was afraid that I’d have to restrain him if somebody commented on his facial feature. You know how Klingons are. Very touchy about their ridged foreheads. 🙂
At least General Pyo ChiSoo is very comfortable in his own skin. 🙂
And sure you can bring more than one drama boyfriend. Are you going to write separate encounters for them all?? Wow!
lol. I didn’t know that you liked that computer geek!! Too funny.
Make sure he eats a proper meal once a day. Computer geeks like him tend to thrive on unhealthy snacks. And does he still collect those action figurines?
By the way, that actor was in Hotel del Luna, too. He was Sanchez, the rich American friend of Chansung, who own a pizzeria and whose girlfriend died.
@agdr03, We aren’t on for tomorrow, right? My hubby and I are taking a hike early in the morning before people are out and about.
No we don’t have any schedule yet so go on and enjoy the hike with hubby! 😉
We can do Saturday night my time. The next morning to you. 😊
It’s a date then.
I’m off to bed.
Good night! 😉
Once upon a time, a girl went tripping through an online forest (truly tripping, she was a little high) for Phoenix’s birthday party. She wore a red peacoat and good boots with only a 1″ heel, and she was running because she lives on the westcoast so she was late. Far ahead of her, someone else, a grey haired old woman, was also running.
From up above, she heard someone call her in bad English. “You! Redcoat!”
She stopped and squinted against the fading sunset at the dark haired face peering down at her between the leaves.
“What are you doing up there?” she called.
” I fell from cliff of doom to this secret garden. Wait there, I will crash land on you. ”
“Is that you, Hyun Bin? Frankly soldiers aren’t my type. I’m a pacifist. But here’s the address to a good party.”
Without waiting to see if he descended safely from the tree, she skipped away.
Before long, she came to a forest glade of flowers. Four disembodied heads floated above it.
So distracted was she by this sight that she stumbled and fell.
“Oh my gord!” The curly haired head said. ” Are you bleeding? Is that blood? Oh no, what shall we do. Wait there, I will bring you medicine. ”
She stared blankly between his apparated form bent over to apply a bandaid, and the miniscule scratch on her knee.
“What the f***?” She wondered. She’d been ignoring scrapes like this one since she was a toddler.
” I will have to piggyback you, ” he said.
“Ah, no, that’s okay, Lee Min Ho,” she said. ” But here’s the address to a party. Maybe I’ll see you and the boys there. ”
“You don’t like me? Do you like my autistic friend better?”
He looked ready to explode.
Alarmed, she said, “sorry, it’s not that I find you personally distasteful, but I just had a DNA test done through MyHeritage. You’re my brother!”
” Does that make you one of the heirs? ” he asked suspiciously.
She was realizing why she had never quite taken to him. She hopped up and gave him a wave over her shoulder as she sprinted away.
Running, she found, made her truly happy. Up ahead she caught just a glimpse of the gray haired woman rounding a bend in the path.
“If only I could catch up to her,” she thought wistfully. Ah well, there were gorgeous men to meet ( she had met many, these were just a taste) and a party at the end of this trail. What wasn’t there to like?
She was almost at Phoenix’s house, a lovely fire engine red Queen Anne. It was guarded by a shiny golden dragon.
“What gift do you bring the Royal Phoenix on her birthday?” The dragon asked.
In her hurry, the girl had forgotten her gift. And she knew without a gift, the dragon would eat her.
“I made curried mango qinoa,” she said hopefully.
“Not a gift,” said the dragon.
He was rather a beautiful dragon, she thought.Even in the twilight, his scales gleamed with golden light and his proud head was arched like a magnificent stallion.
But he looked hungry.
“I come as her gift,” said a voice, and Hyun Bin stepped forward. ” I am a drama idol, certain to brighten Phoenix’s night. ”
– Aaaand the party is over. It is 12:05. I do have a good ending but it’s too long as it is. All the men show up as her gift to the party The gray haired woman, representing herself as a old woman and therefore her wisdom, is riding the dragon, representing luck but most of all adventure, and the girl realizes that what she brings to a party is not a man, but wisdom, fun and always, always an adventure. (Or so I’ve been told 🙂
And what a party it has been, @Barbrey! Can there be any gift more useful than wisdom, good luck and adventure? I thank the little girl for her invaluable gifts – though the dragon, being my pet, would have let her in, because you had me at curried mango quinoa P ).
“You don’t like me? Do you like my autistic friend better?” – LOL…I know who that is 🙂
Alarmed, she said, “sorry, it’s not that I find you personally distasteful, but I just had a DNA test done through MyHeritage. You’re my brother!”
Haha…I laughed so hard at that one!!! 😀
Thank you for bringing Hyun Bin though. He is adorable and did brighten my night! Lee Min Ho and the rest of the Heirs raised the eye candy quotient too:)
Amazing story! loved it 🙂
Well let that be a lesson to you and all the other bitches: make sure to invite Barbrey to your birthday! She’s not just a triple threat – she’s a centithreat! Who else brings Hyun Bin, Lee Min Ho, the F4, every other goodlooking idol, wisdom, luck, adventure, a DRAGON (who is also human and Phoenix’s true love in disguise…but that’s another story) and last, but not least, curried mango qinoa!
Watching my inbox for those invites…
@Barbrey: I’m all excited to hear about my one and only true love..err dragon😍😍
I do think my Do-Jae’s mom secretly morphs into a dragon every fortnight and breathes fire, thinking that I’m a poor woman out to get her rich son😜
Yes to more partying here!!!🎊🎊🎉🎉🎉 This one was such a success🤩🤩